Reefing and furling sails



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E. POOLE.

KEEPING AND FUELING SAILS.

No. 357,094. Patented Feb. 1, 1887.

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1a.1 00I-JE. KEEPING AND FUELING SAILS. No. 357,094. Patented Feb; 1,1887 i; 1 [lia f/ I? "g, if Q aies Imezzzfd? UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

EDWARD POOLE, on BATH, MAINE.

REEFING'AN'D FURLING SAILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,094, dated February1, 1887.

Application filed October 8, 1886. Serial No. 215,708. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, EDWARD PooLE, of Bath, in the county of Sagadahocand State of Maine, have invented anew and useful 5 Improvement inSails; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the same.

My'invention relates to fore and aft sails, and is designed tofacilitate reehng. It is an improvement upon the general form of sailsheretofore known; and it consists in the hereinafter-specifiedarrangements and details of construction.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows the sail fully set in sideelevation. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the sail reefed by dropping thegaff. Fig. 3 shows the reef taken in the sail by lowering the reef-boom.Fig. 4 shows in the same way the sail with both reefs taken in.

In the drawings, the boom A is attached to the mast B in the ordinaryway, as also is the sail O. The gaff D is hinged to a gaff-ring, (2, sothat it can be dropped to a perpendicular position, as shown in Fig. 2,the ring being supported by the throat-halyards in the same position. Arope, e, is also connected to the gaff-ring (l, and extends acrossthesail to the outer ring of the boom E, being attachedto the sail inthat position. boom E is marled to the sail, and its inner end isconnected to the reefboom ring f.

The 1uff-rope of the sail is connected to the I rings or hoops on themast in the ordinary manner, but on the luff and leech ropes of thesails below'the reef-boom are thimbles through which pass chains orropes h h. The upper ends of these are attached to the reef-boom, andthey run down over sheaves in the boom A, where they are connected totackle, by means of which the reef-boom may be drawn down. Across thesail, from the inner to the outer reef-boom, is attached another rope,is, to which the reef-boom is marled. 5 This also serves to strengthenthe sail, and aids in reefing when the reef-boom is drawn down.

This is drawn down by pulling on the rope a. The reef-boom has no reefpoints nor reefearings. It can be formed of woodvor any suitable metal,the preferred form being tubing of any desired size.

The chain running through the thimbles causes the sail to fold nicelybetween the booms when the reef-boom is lowered.

The peak is reefed by dropping the gaff D The reef" .Here the rope 6forms the leech of the sail,

and the reef-boom forms the boom. The reef 6 5 in the peak and also thelower reef can be taken while sailing before the wind without alteringthe course of the vessel.

I am aware that it is not new to employ a reef-boom attached at a pointabove the main boom; and Iain alsoaware that it is old to use a cord orrope extending from the gafl' ring diagonally acrossthe sail to theouter end of the main boom; and I do not claim either of these ideas,broadly.

I claim as my invention- 1. In combination, the boom A and sail O, thegaff-ring d, the reef-boom E, marled to the sail, and the rope 0,extending from the outer end of said reef-boom to the gaff-ring,substantially as described.

2. In combination, the boom A, sail C, said sail having a rope, 6,extending from the gaitring to the leech-rope at a point above the boomA, means, substantially as described, for reefing the peak thus formed,a reef-boom, E, extending from the point of connection between the ropee and leech-rope across the sail, and means forlowering thereefboom,substantially as described.

3. In combination with the boom A and the reef-boom E, the ropes orchains h h, running through thimbles g on the leech and luff ropes ofthe sails, with suitable tackle for drawing down the chains,substantially as described.

4. In combination, the boom A, the sail G, the rope e, extending acrossthe sail from the gaff-ring d to the leech-rope at a point above theboom A, the rope is, extending from :00 the outer end of the rope 6across the sail, and the reef-boom E, marled thereto, substantially asdescribed. I l I In testimony whereof I have signed my name to thisspecification in the presence of two sub-

